MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are many
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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